How to Accelerate Downloading

Many times it takes a very long time to download from another site. You can easily accelerate your downloads by following the directions.


STEPS:

1. Close any Internet using programs you do not need, so close any kind of P2P program (unless this is how you're downloading); Internet browser; streaming media; messengers; and games like WOW, America's Army, or any other multiplayer online games. This will increase the available incoming traffic you have.
2. Make sure your firewalls are not blocking the program and that the port is open. (See below.)
3. Get a download manager. Some of them are actually faster than the download speed you see when using Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox (see below for a good download manager). Orbit downloader is a nice one.
4. Use/get a faster browser/internet connection(Opera: http://www.opera.com/ or Google Chrome: https://www.google.com/chrome )
5. If you are using wireless, go closer to the router.
6. If you are using ethernet, use the shortest ethernet line you can find.
7. Or, use LAN.

WARNING:

• If you do not have permission to unblock ports then don't!
• All websites have upload speeds governed by their providers. Don't expect to get 500mb/s from a site whose max upload is only 300kb/s, as you will only get its max upload speed at best. So don't call your ISP due to slow downloads if it is the fault of the site you're downloading from, because your ISP doesn't have control over that.

THINGS YOU'LL NEED

• Admin access to the router if needed
• Computer
• Internet connection

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